Formula 1 75 Years

Name: Formula 1 75 Years
Brand: Penguin Random House Distribution
SKU: 9780760394434
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At Speed with the World's Greatest Motorsport

By Stuart Codling and James Roberts and James Mann

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Celebrate 75 years of Formula 1 racing, from 1950 through the modern era, with this riveting pictorial history. There is Formula 1, and then there are all other forms of motorsport. F1 is what every competition driver aspires to, whether they admit it or not. Top... Read More

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Formula 1 75 Years

Formula 1 75 Years celebrates the sport's full history with a stunningly illustrated ride through its greatest teams, drivers, and events.

Description

Celebrate 75 years of Formula 1 racing, from 1950 through the modern era, with this riveting pictorial history.

There is Formula 1, and then there are all other forms of motorsport. F1 is what every competition driver aspires to, whether they admit it or not. Top drivers, top teams, top racing cars, top tracks. It is the pinnacle of motor racing.

Formula 1 marks its 75th anniversary in 2025. Established as the top motorsport category in Europe in 1950, its grand prix roots go back to the earliest days of the automobile. There was the first car, then there was the second car. The racing commenced shortly thereafter.

Written by top F1 journalists Stuart Codling and James Roberts, Formula 1 75 Years takes you on a thrilling ride through it all with:

A full history of the teams and their cars, from the return of pre-war greats like Alfa Romeo, Mercedes, and Lancia to the rise of new specialists like Ferrari, Lotus, and Cooper up through today's top competitors like Red Bull, Williams, and McLaren.
Legendary drivers, including Juan Manuel Fangio, Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, and more.
Sidebars highlighting key events, behind-the-scenes machinations, legendary cars, and every champion.
Stunning historic and contemporary photography, with image selection and captions by top automotive photographer James Mann.

This engaging and beautifully designed overview of the world's greatest motorsport is a must-have for every fan's collection.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780760394434

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 15 May 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Motorbooks

Illustration: color photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 248.0mm

Height: 305.0mm

Weight: 1960g

Pages: 256

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James Mann James Roberts Motorsport Non-Fiction Penguin Books Sports Stuart Codling

About the Author

Stuart Codling is a respected motorsport journalist and broadcaster who covered sports car racing in the United States before joining F1 Racing, the world's biggest-selling Formula 1 magazine, in 2001. He has appeared as an F1 expert on TV and radio, hosted for Renault F1, and contributes to F1 Racing, Autosport, Autocar, and the Red Bulletin. Codling is the author of several Motorbooks titles, including Formula 1 Drive to Survive The Unofficial Companion, Real Racers: Formula 1 Racing in the 1950s and 1960s, Art of the Formula 1 Race Car, Art of the Classic Sports Car, and The Life Monaco. Stuart lives in Farnham, Surrey, England.For over 20 years, James Roberts has worked as a journalist and feature-writer in Formula 1. He started his career at the specialist weekly Motoring News, then joined the world's best-selling Grand Prix magazine, F1 Racing, in 2007. After serving 13 years as Associate Editor, Roberts was appointed Editorial Director of The Official Formula 1 Magazine. After a brief period working on the official FIFA Qatar World Cup final program, Roberts is today a freelance F1 reporter who continues to travel to Grands Prix, contributing to various motor racing publications. He lives with his wife and three children on England's south coast.James Mann is a leading professional car and motorcycle photographer with more than 30 years of experience shooting for publications, the motor industry, and businesses around the world. His work has appeared within and on the covers of more than 70 books, including Motorbooks titles Art of the Formula 1 Race Car, The Art of the Classic Sports Car, Art of Ducati, and Art of the Le Mans Race Car. James has provided stunning visuals for numerous magazines, including Classic and Sports Car, CAR, Forza, The Sunday Times, and Automobile magazine. He was chosen to photograph the British Auto Legends stamps for the Royal Mail and was recently awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society. His website is jamesmann.com. James resides in Dorset, UK.